Why an eSATA Card?
Are you planning to connect external storage to your computer? There's a good chance the enclosure will have two or more interfaces from which to choose, including FireWire®, USB, and eSATA. Your computer has USB ports, and may have FireWire ports, too. So if you can just plug into your computer's existing ports, why consider an eSATA card? Consider the fact that the eSATA interface offers superior performance to that of FireWire 800 and USB 3.0 interfaces. Sonnet's Tempo™ SATA 6Gb/s PCIe 2.0 card is an affordable solution for adding eSATA ports to your computer so you can take advantage of this fast interface.

External storage systems with an eSATA interface offer great flexibility. Single drive enclosures are very handy if you need to back up data or move files from one computer to another. Many storage systems include swappable drive trays, which are perfect for managing daily backups and multiple projects. Some systems, like Sonnet's Fusion™ D400QR5 and Fusion F3, feature hardware RAID controllers that manage up to four drives and enable you to create large, protected RAID volumes, yet the systems only require a single cable to connect to the eSATA card.

Tempo SATA 6Gb/s PCIe 2.0 is versatile. Its fast 6 Gb/s eSATA interface is well suited to deal with the increased bandwidth requirements of 6Gb/s SSDs. It supports the RAID features of Mac OS X, Windows 7, and Windows Vista. It also supports hot-swapping of drives under Mac OS X. You can connect optical drives, too. Installation is simple—just plug in the card to any available PCI Express® (PCIe) slot and then start your computer—the necessary drivers are installed automatically. When you need to add flexible, external storage to your setup, Tempo SATA 6Gb/s PCIe 2.0 gets you connected, fast.